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Address by Dr. A. S. Welch 27 yrs after entering
Mich. University, on occasion of receiving L.L.D. degree.
(He was grad. Of M.U. 1st class about 1846?)
I am animated by no com-
mon feelings as I publicly give to the
University and to you my filial and
fraternal greeting. I bring back through
the years that have separated us the
same hopes unrealized, the same
yearnings for the excellence I have
never attained that I once cherished
here, but I bring also an unquench-
able interest and pride in the success
that has enabled this institution to
take rank among the first in the
land. Twenty seven years ago I crossed

Box 2, Folder 13: A speech given by Welch when he received a L. L. D. (Doctor of Law) Degree from the University of Michigan. He talks about his time at the University and the importance of a good education. He praises the University for practicing the principle that intellectual culture is at its highest value when it prepares students for work. He advocates a combination of studies that are involved in our social, moral, and professional duties (a combination of the classics with studies such as mathematics) and that the early choice of a profession should determine a student's studies.

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Address by Dr. A. S. Welch 27 yrs after entering
Mich. University, on occasion of receiving L.L.D. degree.
(He was grad. Of M.U. 1st class about 1846?)
I am animated by no com-
mon feelings as I publicly give to the
University and to you my filial and
fraternal greeting. I bring back through
the years that have separated us the
same hopes unrealized, the same
yearnings for the excellence I have
never attained that I once cherished
here, but I bring also an unquench-
able interest and pride in the success
that has enabled this institution to
take rank among the first in the
land. Twenty seven years ago I crossed